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(No ModeL) i I -J. HORN-8v M; MAYER.

ANKLE SUPPORTING sHOE.

,371. Patented Jful y a, 1894.

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' np np naimqn ni11,1894. seen No. 607.148. (Remodel-l m itmay 4 1mm.- 4 t I, Be i that e, JACOBM; HORN and MORITZ MAYER, citizens-0t the United- States,

residing in the city, cou ntyg a'nd Statef of New York, have in vented', certain-newand useful Improvements in AnkleeSuppOrti'ngfShOes, of

, 'which the following is a specification: t

I Our inventionrelates to animproved shoe forchildren-and'adults, which is'reinforced at i-o the sides by means of staysadapted to form e a:support "for" the ankle; and the invention Y consists of a shoefwhichis provided at the op-.

j :l 'iosi'te sides ofitsjppeiiwithexterior. pockets that arestitehedpto the upper, stays inserted mto '-.sa1d pooketsyand lacing cords passed through eyeletsat theupper' ends of'the upperr-audpockets, "soas to retain the stays and .close the. pocket and thus give ready access to the pockets when it exchange the stays in In'the accompanying. jdrawings,-'-Fig'ure1 ;.represents a side elevation of on improvedshould be required to the same.

- shoe. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same; Fig.

' 3 a horizontal section on line 3,- 3, Fig. 1, and Flg. 4 a vertical transverse section on line 4,

4, Bjig. 1, drawnion'a larger scale.

S mllar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

. I Referring to the drawings,'A represents the upper ofa shoe for children, missesor grown people. To the'opposite sides of the upper A are applied exterior-vertical pockets B, which are attached by longitudinal rows of stitches S to'the upper, the sole to the upper edge of 'the upper. The pockets may be made inone'piece or of sev- Y eralpieces stitched together, and then attached by lines of stitches-to thaupper. Into 1 the pockets are inserted staysor ribs 0 of whalebone or other suitable yielding material, which extendfrom the counter of the shoe to some distance from the top of the'shoe. The pockets B are open at the upper ends, and are provided, for the purpose of closing the same and to thereby retain the stays or ribs 0 in position therein, with the eyelets D, one eye-- let bein'gat the upper end of each pocket and one eyelet E registering therewith in the upper part of the upper.= Through the eyelets D, E, ofthe upper and pockets is passed a lacingstr'rng L, which passes'from the eyelets said pockets extendingfromv at the frontfof the shoe successively through the eyelets of the pockets and upper,then.

Fig. 1, whereby the upper ends of all the pockets B are retained in closed position-so as tojp'revent the escape, of the stays or ribs' 0, while giving ready access to the pockets, in

case 'one'ofthe stays or ribs shouldbecome -broken, so that it can-be readily-replaced.

It is evident, without special. illustration,

- that in place of closing t'he upper ends ofthe- 1 pockets B by a lacing string, as shown in Fig. l, thepockets at each side maybe closed by independent lacing strings provided with a tassel, which are tied independently of each other, or any other suitable arrangement of used. Y

lacing-string for'closing the pockets may be p The advantages of bur improved anklasupporting-shoeare, first, that the. upp'er'is rein forced by the ribs or stays suflic'iently to form a'reliable. support for the; ankle and tostrengthen the same inwalking, whereby the shoe "is of especial advantage for children.

Second. As the pockets are arranged at'the outside of the upper, the ribs cannot injure the ankle, either by working through the lin-' ing, or by their upper-or broken ends working through the lining of I the shoe, and formingthereby a very annoying feature in shoes in which the reinforcing ribsare arranged at the inside of the upper. Third. By the exterior arrangement-of the pockets,aneat appearance is imparted to the shoe, which is still more enhanced by the arrangement of the clos'ing- 2 strings and evelets at the'upper ends of the pockets and upper.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat'ent-. Y

1. An ankle-supporting, shoe, provided with exterior pockets stitched to opposite sides of.

the upper, ribs or stays in said pockets e'xtending to near the upper ends of the same,

registering eyelets'arranged in the upper ends of the pockets, and theupper respectively, and located above the ribs or stays, and lac ing-strings passed through said eyelets and adapted for closing the pockets, substantially the pockets, and lacing-strings passed through as set forth. f the eyelets of the upper and pockets for clos- 2. An ankle-supporting-shoe, provided with ing the latter, substantially as set forth.

exterior vertical pockets attached by parallel In testimony that we claim the foregoing as 15 5 rows of stitches to the upper at opposite sides our invention we have signed our namesin of the same, flexible ribs or stays inserted in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

said pockets and extending from the lower JACOB M. HORN.

part of the same to some distance from the MORITZ MAYER.

upper end, eyelets arranged in the upper ends Witnesses:

' IO of the pockets and in the upper, the eyelets PAUL GOEPEL,

6f the upper registering with the eyelets of K. R. BRENNAN. 

